Not to be pedantic, but isn't spouse the general term? Since you only have one, there's no need to conceptualize it. Is it a wife or a husband, or are you intentionally keeping your (or their) gender mum?
Obviously adults have more income-- however, young adults (high school and college age) often have 100% discretionary income. Sure, that kid only has allowance-- but she can spend all of it on things that are purely for fun. I'm not just talking about proportion, either-- in college I had far more "fun" money than I do now, gainfully employed in the tech sector at age 29.
It's not accurate to call the Mac WoW client a "port", I'd say. The release was simultaneous, like all Blizzard releases since they were a "Mac-first, then Windows port" company.
I suspect that the cross-platform nature of WoW helped them get off to a good start. It's just the kind of game Mac users hunger for, and knowing that all of your friends could play at the same time was appealing. Sometimes I wonder if that wasn't actually the special sauce for WoW's success.
I couldn't disagree more. A cathedral is a publicly available place, a historic monument, and as you put it "a landmark". Perhaps the use of the actual facility, such as required to shoot a movie, is up to the owner (the Church), but use of its image can't possibly be.
What can they claim? Copyright infringement? I dare say a centuries-old Cathedral's image would be public domain now. Trademark? On a public place?
Sony was within their rights, and it was a sign of weakness ("make everyone happy" PC nambypambying) that they apologized. Does the Church have to ask the permission of Rome or Jerusalem to tell stories that happened there?
I have an iPhone, and this isn't as much of an issue as I thought it might be. At these resolutions, with Apple's codecs, you get a remarkable amount of video into 8 GB. I tend to have a few podcasts, and a couple of DVDs, and I still have a couple of gigs to spare. You can't carry your collection, but you can carry everything you might want to watch until you get back to your computer to re-synch.
Popular music encourages buying singles. I can think of a few reasons why... First, people who listen to music because it is popular only want to hear the songs that make it on the radio, or otherwise get popular-- this means just the singles. Second, people who record popular music need to hit the top of the charts early-- this means stacking the album towards the first few singles, and not needing to record a while album worth of good songs.
You reap what you sow. The recording industry wanted a hit-making machine, where they could dictate which songs are popular. Now they have that... and they are pumping out garbage that's only worth buying one song off the album. They would be better off abandoning the album, and just market singles, if that's the game they want to be in.
I know for sure that Apple has billions of cash in the bank (well, liqued assets in general). How can it be that the fourth biggest by market share could easily buy the third? Has Gateway been selling machines at a loss? heh.
This is the fallacy of the feature list. The iPhone, when it is great (it isn't always) isn't great just for what it can do, but for how seamless it makes doing it. The interface, not the feature. The copycats will look better on paper, and totally miss the point.
Okay, this is a silly thing to point out, but it is driving me crazy. Why on earth does Roland P.'s portrait on ZDNet have obviously drawn-in yellow glasses???
This whole complaint is garbage. The MP3 is not the first low-fidelity (or variable fidelity) format to reach major acceptance. The iPod (or DAPs in general) is not the first hugely popular device to have low-fidelity either. The 8-track was garbage, the cassette was garbage, some types of vinyl weren't exactly great, AM and FM radio are garbage, most Walkman players were crummy, and people have been using cheap headphones with portable devices for ages. Nothing is new here, people just like to complain about the latest big thing.
This isn't something that can happen. There's just not enough demand for it, and there never will be. Why? Because, unlike Windows, Mac OS X is good enough as it is. The only certain benefit of Windows is "lots of applications", so of course trying to merge that benefit into another OS makes sense. The benefit of Mac OS X *is* Mac OS X. You're being silly trying to move a disadvantage (second place in app availability) and move it onto a platform with few advantages or differences.
When light reflects off of objects, the amount of IR light tends to increase quite a bit. That's part of why the sun seems to warm up surfaces.
Further, most glass is relatively opaque to infrared light. This means that as light bounces around, a good portion of the heat energy is "trapped" inside. This is part of why the sun especially warms up cars.
The premise underlying most iPhone criticism comes down to judging every device as merely the sum of its parts. People (pundits and punters) look at the bulletted feature list and say "other phones can do more". Try sitting down with an iPhone, and really using it. The added value is in usability-- not just slick and attractive interfaces, but ones that let you use the device quickly and easily.
The "evidence" you speak of that it was cell towers was pure conjecture and scaremongering. It was an unbacked theory. The "reports" of it linked to a fungus are the overwhelmingly accepted answer, backed by actual evidence and science.
Your anecdote is about people assuming that cell phone towers cause problems. It's the kind of thought that this study is disproving, not evidence against the study.
I prefer Neil Gaiman's (I think) version: "In the beginning, there was nothing. Then the Lord said 'Let there be light'-- and there was still nothing, but you could see it."
There's an interesting trend in the comments... of assuming the engineers who designed these are idiots. Yes, I am sure they haven't considered the twenty most obvious things that could go wrong with this device, and will be astonished that the noble readers of Slashdot could think of them. The project should be scrapped as soon as they learn to use the Internet and spot this discussion.
A whipping boy is someone who gets an undue amount of negative attention. Are you trying to say that George Ou gets a lot of crap from Intel/Windows? I think you mean he is a schill, or maybe a hired gun.
I type a lot faster on my iPhone than I did on my SLVR. The iPhone keyboard is far better than standard txt input, which is really what it is competing with. It's also a lot better than a standard smartphone keyboard, since it doesn't compete with screen size, or take up internal space that is better used by more battery.
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Not to be pedantic, but isn't spouse the general term? Since you only have one, there's no need to conceptualize it. Is it a wife or a husband, or are you intentionally keeping your (or their) gender mum?
Obviously adults have more income-- however, young adults (high school and college age) often have 100% discretionary income. Sure, that kid only has allowance-- but she can spend all of it on things that are purely for fun. I'm not just talking about proportion, either-- in college I had far more "fun" money than I do now, gainfully employed in the tech sector at age 29.
I suspect that the cross-platform nature of WoW helped them get off to a good start. It's just the kind of game Mac users hunger for, and knowing that all of your friends could play at the same time was appealing. Sometimes I wonder if that wasn't actually the special sauce for WoW's success.
What can they claim? Copyright infringement? I dare say a centuries-old Cathedral's image would be public domain now. Trademark? On a public place?
Sony was within their rights, and it was a sign of weakness ("make everyone happy" PC nambypambying) that they apologized. Does the Church have to ask the permission of Rome or Jerusalem to tell stories that happened there?
My incredibly detailed scientific answer based on market research and confidential sources:
It's cheaper.
I have an iPhone, and this isn't as much of an issue as I thought it might be. At these resolutions, with Apple's codecs, you get a remarkable amount of video into 8 GB. I tend to have a few podcasts, and a couple of DVDs, and I still have a couple of gigs to spare. You can't carry your collection, but you can carry everything you might want to watch until you get back to your computer to re-synch.
You reap what you sow. The recording industry wanted a hit-making machine, where they could dictate which songs are popular. Now they have that... and they are pumping out garbage that's only worth buying one song off the album. They would be better off abandoning the album, and just market singles, if that's the game they want to be in.
I know for sure that Apple has billions of cash in the bank (well, liqued assets in general). How can it be that the fourth biggest by market share could easily buy the third? Has Gateway been selling machines at a loss? heh.
I'm assuming you're referring to the already extent, and apparently quite good "Dungeons and Dragons Online" from Turbine?
This is not Net Neutrality. This is what Net Neutrality is trying to avoid-- A tiered Internet, where the people who pay more get unfettered access.
I have an iPhone, and I can get my photos onto my computer for free.
This is the fallacy of the feature list. The iPhone, when it is great (it isn't always) isn't great just for what it can do, but for how seamless it makes doing it. The interface, not the feature. The copycats will look better on paper, and totally miss the point.
Okay, this is a silly thing to point out, but it is driving me crazy. Why on earth does Roland P.'s portrait on ZDNet have obviously drawn-in yellow glasses???
This whole complaint is garbage. The MP3 is not the first low-fidelity (or variable fidelity) format to reach major acceptance. The iPod (or DAPs in general) is not the first hugely popular device to have low-fidelity either. The 8-track was garbage, the cassette was garbage, some types of vinyl weren't exactly great, AM and FM radio are garbage, most Walkman players were crummy, and people have been using cheap headphones with portable devices for ages. Nothing is new here, people just like to complain about the latest big thing.
Economies of Scale (literal, versus numeric).
A single engine burning fossil fuels, multiplied by thousands of cars...
Or a single power plant burning fossil fuels, powering thousands of cars.
Guess which produces less emissions?
I blame the stupid version name.
This isn't something that can happen. There's just not enough demand for it, and there never will be. Why? Because, unlike Windows, Mac OS X is good enough as it is. The only certain benefit of Windows is "lots of applications", so of course trying to merge that benefit into another OS makes sense. The benefit of Mac OS X *is* Mac OS X. You're being silly trying to move a disadvantage (second place in app availability) and move it onto a platform with few advantages or differences.
Further, most glass is relatively opaque to infrared light. This means that as light bounces around, a good portion of the heat energy is "trapped" inside. This is part of why the sun especially warms up cars.
The premise underlying most iPhone criticism comes down to judging every device as merely the sum of its parts. People (pundits and punters) look at the bulletted feature list and say "other phones can do more". Try sitting down with an iPhone, and really using it. The added value is in usability-- not just slick and attractive interfaces, but ones that let you use the device quickly and easily.
Your anecdote is about people assuming that cell phone towers cause problems. It's the kind of thought that this study is disproving, not evidence against the study.
Summary: "The poster cares about running afoul of the law in these ways, but I don't have such compunctions."
I prefer Neil Gaiman's (I think) version: "In the beginning, there was nothing. Then the Lord said 'Let there be light'-- and there was still nothing, but you could see it."
There's an interesting trend in the comments... of assuming the engineers who designed these are idiots. Yes, I am sure they haven't considered the twenty most obvious things that could go wrong with this device, and will be astonished that the noble readers of Slashdot could think of them. The project should be scrapped as soon as they learn to use the Internet and spot this discussion.
A whipping boy is someone who gets an undue amount of negative attention. Are you trying to say that George Ou gets a lot of crap from Intel/Windows? I think you mean he is a schill, or maybe a hired gun.
I type a lot faster on my iPhone than I did on my SLVR. The iPhone keyboard is far better than standard txt input, which is really what it is competing with. It's also a lot better than a standard smartphone keyboard, since it doesn't compete with screen size, or take up internal space that is better used by more battery.